Would this be in preference for checking in the binary packages, or in addition to it?
I would think it would save space the repository if we only kept the source checked in and just make the binaries as part of the nightly build process or something like that. Or is this outside the scope of what you are talking about. Just thinking out loud... On 12/15/06, Geoffroy Vallée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I try to complete the basic port to Debian and Erich did the following > comments during one of our email exchange: > "Actually many RPMs are not in the pkgsrc, so nobody should simply expect > to find it there... > Geoffroy, can't you just build a deb with alien?" > > The answer is definitively no, i cannot use alien. Alien cannot create good > packages: > - dependences are not handled correctly, > - the final package is not compliant with Debian policies. > > So my general question is the following: why do we not manage binary packages > in a better way? Today, all the code for OSCAR packages is not available via > pkgsrc (svn), and if the code is in svn, tags are not created for each new > release. Based on that it is very difficult for me to match the version of > Debian packages to the version of RPM packages. Therefore, it is very > difficult to maintain OSCAR on Debian. > I like the idea to have the code of the different OSCAR parts in the svn > repository and create tags for new release. This is not really time consuming > and at the end, it is pretty neat to maintain both RPMs and Debs. But all > developers have to accept this rule. > > Any thoughts? > > Regards, > -- > Geoffroy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
